More from Norman Vincent Peale
Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfied by fear.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Expect great things, and great things will come.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were – and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign
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More on believe
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton You will only sacrifice when you passionately believe in the outcome.
Dave RamseyDave Ramsey There’s room for boys’ and girls’ football in the world-that’s what I believe.
David BeckhamDavid Beckham I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
Thomas HardyThomas Hardy I don’t call my people fans, I call them believers, because they go above and beyond.
Big SeanBig Sean Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
Golda MeirGolda Meir True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.
Rita OraRita Ora
